Full Bucket Music has released the deputy Mark II, a free VST2.4 software instrument for Windows in the tradition of classic string machines and early "polyphonic" synthesizers, written in native C++ code.

The main features are:

• Polyphonic string/synthesizer (Poly) section and monophonic synthesizer (Mono) section.
• Built-in Ensemble and Phaser effects.
• Flexible keyboard assignment for Poly and Mono section.
• Poly section:
  • Up to 61 voices polyphony.
  • Two band-limited frequency divider-driven oscillator banks.
  • Sawtooth and PWM waveforms.
  • 2-pole multi-mode filter and ADS envelope per voice.
  • Global ADSR envelope for paraphonic modulation.
  • Resonator bank.
• Mono section:
  • Single VCO plus sub-oscillator and noise.
  • 4-pole lowpass filter.
  • ADSR envelope and LFO.
  • Output of Poly section can be send to filter input.
• Fully compatible with SM Pro Audio's V-Machine.